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The Week In Review
Sat 20th November to Fri 26th November
The Week in Review aggregates the top news stories from the past seven days and orders them by popularity. Would you like to see the whole week's news?
Degree programme already harming retention rates, says chief
25/11/21 - Chief constable Nick Adderley, the most vocal critic of the College of Policing's degree programme, has said it's partly to blame for the number of new recruits leaving the service. • Northamptonshire Police on average lose around 100 people a year. But the chief says the numbers are increasing and they are now on track to lose around 120 a yea
Offenders who kill officers will get life as Harper's Law confirmed
24/11/21 - Offenders who kill officers on duty will get mandatory life sentences, following the successful campaign by PC Harper's widow. • Harper’s Law will be added to the statute book, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed following an intensive campaign by Lissie Harper which Justice Secretary Dominic Raab described as 'remarkable.'
Misconduct reforms could turn hearings into 'kangaroo courts'
23/11/21 - A row has broken out over plans by Chiefs to speed up misconduct proceedings. • The Police Federation has challenged Chiefs over proposals to speed up misconduct investigations and boot out officers guilty of serious offences. Criticism followed the National Police Chiefs’ Council unveiling plans to enable submissions to be made to
- 22/11/21 - Recording misogyny as a hate crime won't 'derail' processes, says lead
- 24/11/21 - Delays to HMIC reports being published "not helpful" says chief
- 25/11/21 - Duke unveils mental health support for frontline emergency services
- 24/11/21 - West Midlands needs resources to handle demands, says HMIC
- 25/11/21 - Domestic violence 'significant' in radicalisation referrals, CTP reveals
- 23/11/21 - DC who admits CSA offences failed to properly investigate criminal case
- 25/11/21 - Pilot to allow pitch side alcohol sales criticised by football lead
- 24/11/21 - Conduct lead defends 'scrupulously fair' changes to officer hearings
- 22/11/21 - Lack of automated access to EU systems means 'better engagement'
- 26/11/21 - Syringe spiking risk is small, force concludes after investigations
- 26/11/21 - Former Met DI would have been dismissed for sexual misconduct
- 25/11/21 - Toyota launches patrol car to survive sleeping policemen
- 26/11/21 - Met officer in court charged with 13 sex offences against three women
- 26/11/21 - Met beefs up professional standards with 50 more investigators
- 24/11/21 - Fears over dog school and covert ops end Surrey plans for new HQ
- 23/11/21 - South Yorkshire still has lessons to learn from Rotherham, says IOPC
Features
Air support: unlocking the potential of drones
Using only a fraction of the technology available is already revolutionising policing in Thames Valley and Hampshire, with more opportunities just over the horizon. • Sergeant Andy Sparshott is UAS Operations Manager at Hampshire Constabulary, which shares a Drone Unit with Thames Valley Police
- What's with all the missing kids?
- 'You wouldn't let an officer go to a violent job without a stab-proof vest'
Comment
Facial Recognition Technology: a force for good
Real life cases of LFR finding missing children and identifying sex offenders are being lost in a narrative centred on privacy and data protection says former surveillance camera commissioner Tony Porter. • In recent months, there have been a number of reports of UK police forces leveraging Fac
- Comment: The Lord, the Policing College and the front line
- Comment: where next for policing and technology?
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